Tuesday: 4pm

Warm up this week is 8th notes 8th note triplets and 16th notes all played one after the other.
We also started two grade 3 pieces practice the first two lines of both overrated and indecisive for after half term!

Sacred Heart: Sean+ Sam

Here's your groove to practice over half term good work and good luck!

Christchurch: Fred Mason+ Henry

Today you guys finished learning groove 2 to we are young and we practiced playing groove one to the song over the intro. Please practice this to the song for after half term!

Christchurch: Zac + Jack

So this lesson we practiced all of poker face to the song. Your grooves were spot on just make sure the changes between them are accurate. If you can start adding in cymbal crashes where appropriate. Have a good half term :-)

Christchurch: Freddie Jake + Sam

So today we looked at seven nation army. Practice the first 3 grooves to the song over half term and we'll look at the chorus when we get back. Great work today!

Sacred Heart: Lucy Oliver

Today we played groove one for we are young and then we looked at groove 2. Please practice both these grooves ready to play to the track for after half term.

Monday 4pm

So today we looked at the first two lines of Hoe down and played the intro to the track. Can you practice this for after half term please. Watch your bass drum patterns in the second line. Remember to break down the difficult bits and play them on their own before plying it all together!
Joe: you can now play all of the first page and a half of Dora and Bootsy! See if you can get this ready for the track the first week we get back please! Great work

Presdales: Amy Faye

Great work this lesson! We almost finished the first page of the Grade 1 piece this week! Can you practice as much of this page as you can over half term. Take your time with the open hi-hats in line 5, make sure you focus on closing the hi-hat on the first beat of the bar with your bass drum. 

Good Luck! Have a great half Term

Monday 7pm

So today we finished the grooves to Scar tissue by the red hot chili peppers. Great reading and playing this week! Remember to swing your 16th notes on the snare drum and bass drum and keep your right hand consistant throughout.
Below is a link to the full chart and also to the track on you tube

Scar Tissue- Track

Scar Tissue- Chart

Presdales: Katie Abby Issy

Today you guys looked at the first page of the nod. All sounded good please get the first page of that and cold pants ready for the song next week.

Wormley: Cian + Michael

So today we did the groove and fill ex. Playing one groove followed by a fill and then going into a 2nd groove. Keep practicing this for next week.

Fairfield: Ryan Jake Dylan

This weeks warm up was flam based ex's. Practice each one on it's own and then try playing them as combinations.
Your grooves are sounding great so your job over half term is to practice them to the track ready to finish next week

Sacred Heart: Sean + Sam

Today's warm up was the 16th fill ex with a bar of groove before it. Find as many ways of playing the full ad you can!
We also looked at the first two parts of groove 1 for we are young by fun. Make sure your counting out loud.

Birchanger: Ned Tyler

So this weeks warm up is the fill and groove ex. Find as many ways as possible of playing the fill!
Here's part one and two of the groove to we are young. Practice for next week.

Sacred Heart: Lucy and Oliver

Today's warm up was the fill from the Cadbury gorilla advert and a drum fill ex.
We also had a look at groove 2 for we are young which we learned in two parts. Take your time and count carefully!

Christchurch: Jack+Zak

Poker face was good this week. Keep playing it to the track. Make sure you are accurate with the changes from section to section.
We also started moves like jagger. Look at the intro full and practice the off beat hi-hat groove for next week

Christchurch: Freddie Jake Sam

Triplet warm up for next week.
Practice groove 1 + 2 carefully so we can play them to the track next wk.

Christchurch: Fred Mason Henry

So triplet warm up for next week. Groove one to we are young was good. Look at the bass drum and snare drum pattern for the 2nd groove

Monday 6pm

Today we started a new piece in the new G5 book Smack Talk which  is a blues shuffle. The first page was sounding great. Make sure you work on the fills carefully checking your sticking and watch the intro! Don't rush the rests.

Keep working on Sidewider as well. This was much better this week. Next week we will look at the fast doubles on the bass drums in isolation.

Keep playing through on Call as well, to be ready for the xmas concert.

Monday 5pm

So today we managed to get through upto E of Smack Talk in the new grade 5 book. Really good work! Take your time with the groove change after the bass solo. Read it carefully and start slowly.

Monday 4pm

Great work today guys. This weeks warm up was playing the Paradiddle with the extra note in the double. Make sure you pace the sticking correctly and stay relaxed.
Jo and Patrick the first page of Dora and Bootsy is getting there keep working on it and next week we'll start a new one!

Presdales: Amy + Faye

This weeks warm up is 8th note groove based to build your co-ordination. Also look at page one of "for you" for next lesson

Wormley: Michael+ Cian

Here's today's warm up and the intro and groove to a new song.

Fairfield: Dylan Ryan Jake

Todays warm up is the Paradiddle with extra note inside the diddle.
You also need to practice the chorus groove to yellow. Try playing 7 times in a row. We also looked at the intro to the next song we're learning. Count it carefully!

Monday 7pm

Here's today's warm up with the rll sticking.
Also we finished the groove to californication and started the coordination parts for the groove to scar tissue. Great stuff again this week!

Monday 5pm

Here's the break down of the fill we looked at in Smack That. Keep working on the first page for next week! Also keep working on the rll sticking pattern

Monday 4pm

Natasha, Harry, Lewis: practice the sticking exercise and the difficult groove for Cold Play "yellow" both are below.
Joe and Patrick: Page one of Dora and bootsy. We'll finish the fills next lesson and run it to the track.
Great work guys!

Cranbourne: Ciaran+ Conall

So you need to practice the grooves to cold play for next week especially the transition from the verse to chorus. We also started 7 nation army. Practice the four separate parts for the song.

Fairfield: Ryan Dylan Jake

Paradiddlediddle and double paradiddles to practice for next week

You guys also played the intro first verse and chorus to the track. Please practice this for next week!

Birchhanger: Tyler+Ned

Here's all four parts of seven nation army to practice for next week. Great work guys

Sacred Heart: Sam+Sean

Split triplet warm up today. Make sure the notes are evenly spaced!
We also practiced all your grooves and counting your selves in and going from one groove to the next.

Sacred Heart: Oliver+Lucy

Here's the groove to we are young that we looked at. Make sure you practice playing it three times in a row. Underneath is the new sticking pattern we looked at.

Monday 7pm

So today we looked at the fill sticking
RLRRLL,RLRRLL,RLRL to start with. Try moving the single strokes (the RL) as accents around the kit and find different voicings for the RLRL at the end
We then looked at the first groove for Californication by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.  Take your time with this groove, remember to build in all the parts gradually and STAY RELAXED. The final part of the groove is the double snare drums on beats 2 and 4. Remember stay loose and throw the stick down. Don't worry if it's a little uncontrolled to start with it will come!
Good luck :)

Monday 6pm

So today we went over the 16th note fill sticking to start with:

RLRRLL,RLRRLL,RLRL and also some of the triplet stickings from the last few weeks.

You guys have all done really well with "On Call" nailing the verse and the chorus groove really nicely 

We started looking at the only other part left in the piece which is the cymbal crashes in bar 41. Make sure you go over this again a few times this week as it needs to be automatic when you play. You won't have time to try to work it out as you play!

We also went over the tricky hi-hat groove in "Rollin" which is really comming together and the groove change in 'Sidewinder" over the guitar solo. Take care with your bass drum placement!

See you next week :)

Monday 5pm

So today we had a couple of new faces welcome Max and Chloe. We started with the fill ex using two paradiddle diddles and four 16th notes on the end to create a 16th note fill. The sticking went like this:
RLRRLL,RLRRLL,RLRL
We then looked at no one knows by queens of the stoneage. You should all have copies of your charts for this now and you guys went over the first verse and chorus and brought Max and Chloe upto speed and it sounded great!
All of you except Megan are looking at the new G5 piece which you should have copies of except for Max and Chloe who coudn't get copies as the photocopier was down :( you've escaped this week, so just go over as much of "no one knows" as you can.
Megan your G8 piece is starting to come together really well. Keep working on the heel toe bass drum parts and next week we'll have a look at the 7/8 section on the next page.

Monday 4pm

So today we looked at playing a bar of groove and then a fill around the kit as warm up. We also looked at the first two lines of the new piece from the debut book. I will get you copies of this for next week.
Joe you did really well to smash most of the first page of your G2 piece to the track this week so keep practicing and we'll look at page 2 next lesson

Predales: Amy, Faye

Today we had a look at some groove into fill ideas which you can practice as well as the first four lines of forsetside blues for next week. Take care with reading and counting please!! We'll be playing the first part to the song next week!

Wormely: Cian Michael

Michael: keep looking at the grooves in the first two lines of forestside blues. Take care with the last bar  each line, counting carefully!
Kian: keep practicing your groove into fill transition for next week!

Both of you should practice your paradiddles. Remember the sticking is:
RLRR,LRLL

Cranbourne: Ciaran Conal

This week we worked on putting last weeks grooves together to the song. Can you work on this for next lesson. More practice needed

Fairfield Dylan Ryan Jake

So this weeks task was to join the verse and chorus groove together. Try playing each one 4 times in a row then going str8 into the 2nd groove.